The Cachat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 149 people carried this name — #116,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 19% from 125 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 186 people named Cachat.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Cachat live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cachat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Michel Cachat 1755–1840 · mountain guide
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Armand Cachat 1901–1996 · politician
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Gaëlle Cachat-Rosset 1979– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cachat.
- Caby 162 · U.S. census
- Cacace 991 · U.S. census
- Caccamo 704 · U.S. census
- Caccia 360 · U.S. census
- Cacciatore 1,261 · U.S. census
- Caceres 12,269 · U.S. census
- Cachia 149 · U.S. census
- Caci 239 · U.S. census
- Cade 8,391 · U.S. census
- Cadeau 345 · U.S. census
- Cadena 11,560 · U.S. census
- Cadet 4,607 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cachat is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.